A pagan tradition of draping trees with rags eerily lives on.

This lovely Scottish nature walk leads to the source of a local legend.

This site contains overlapping ancient graveyards that existed about 1,000 years apart.

The location of this historic castle was inspired by a donkey.

The oldest church in Inverness witnessed the brutal executions of many Scottish soldiers.

A baffling beast so absurd a town councilman called it "intellectual vomit in technicolor."

The remains of a grand castle that may have inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula.

The ruins of this gorgeous clifftop castle look like something from a fantasy novel.

Did the legendary Scottish knight William Wallace actually take refuge here after a major battle?

A hidden tunnel leads to a medieval queen's shrine buried beneath a parking lot.

A remarkable feat of Victorian engineering across the Firth of Forth.

A miniature of a lighthouse acts as a beacon for what transpires inside this location.

A public art installation with a nautical themed poem, enhances this pedestrian street.

This Roman relic was discovered in Scotland by a mudlarking ferryman.

There are plenty of wonderful panoramic vistas in Edinburgh, but not many are hidden smack in the middle of the Old Town.

Small sculpted heads of prominent phrenologists mark the outside of their former headquarters.

This sculpture commemorates Edinburgh's sister city and their respective celebrity dogs.

This city square dates back to the Scottish Enlightenment and was home to some of Scotland's brightest minds.

These plaques located in a court preserve a small piece of Edinburgh's history.

The Scottish Reformation leader's grave was paved over and is now a parking lot.

Edinburgh's oldest statue hides within a parking lot behind the city's iconic cathedral.

This obscure walkway links Edinburgh’s Old Town with one of the city's prime vantage points.

A British plaque explains that a house was built using the spoils of the first international golf bet.

This alley off Edinburgh's Royal Mile contains remnants of the city's seedier history.